Box turtle or no?

[evilxyardxgnome]

Is this a box turtle? I guess the only box turtles I have seen are Seth's and they are pretty colorful, where this is kinda dull...kinda reminds me of a tortoise....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlFWC9BRFfQ&eurl=http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Yep, that's a Box Turtle all right. A Three-toed Box Turtle (Terrapene Carolina triunguis) to be exact! That is the typical color for the subspecies. But males can have bright yellow legs and some splashes of orange on their heads. Their shells are usually plain but can have a few yellow spots here and there.

Here's a photo of a male.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Ah! I see. The color looked very dull so I wasn't sure. Did you see when she had the turtle hanging with her different herps?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Yep I saw. That's a good way to pass diseases around like salmonella.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

true. It was kinda cool watching the Crested Gecko riding the turtle.

 

[vicedretard]

i know vicous said it but just for a lil extra confirmation 3toed box...and thats one nice flick of a male you posted up there vicous

 

[Vicious_Fish]

i know vicous said it but just for a lil extra confirmation 3toed box...and thats one nice flick of a male you posted up there vicous

I had a pretty nice looking pair at one time. The male looked a lot like the one in the picture above, but mine had lots of bright yellow on the legs and neck. The nice skin colors makes up for their dull shells.